2015 Toyota Hilux spotted in Europe – clearer shots!

Sam Loo’s favourite vehicle is due for a full model change, and here’s the 2015 Toyota Hilux prototype spotted on test in southern Europe. Much clearer than the spyshots from Thailand we showed you in June.

The new Hilux looks bigger and more angular than before. The headlamps look slimmer and more wrap-around, and the face features two horizontal bars atop a trapezoidal lower intake. According to our spies, the Hilux was being benchmarked against the Volkswagen Amarok.

Our guess is the 2.5 and 3.0 litre four-cylinder diesels with variable-nozzle turbos (VNT) could soldier on, as could the robust five-speed manual gearbox.

But where the auto is concerned, will the four-speeder stay in office for another term, or could we get a new six-speeder instead? After all, the new Nissan NP300 Navara already has seven ratios…

While most dream of the future, Jonathan Tan dreams of the past, although he's never been there. Fantasises much too often about cruising down Treacher Road (Jalan Sultan Ismail) in a Triumph Stag that actually works, and hopes this stint here will snap him back to present reality.

Looks good.But should use Camry 6 speed Super ECT for more better FC and low NVH.The old four speed is too noise and vibrate in Vios just 160km/h…while just 109PS for Vios.Can’t imagine Hilux 144PS with 4 speed auto…For the pick-up truck should with ESP,TRC because more stable.6 Airbag is really needed.

It’s actually UMW’s problem, not Toyota’s. Worldwide, Toyota is one of the more advanced automakers and are at the leading edge of some automotive developments. Meanwhile in Malaysia, UMW has been shortchanging Malaysians on car tech and features for years.

Speaking of broken down Hiluxes, I saw one this morning by the roadside. A Nissan Navara was rescuing it. What this means is, even reliability giants sometimes falter. No car is really breakdown-proof. Bulletproof perhaps, but breakdown-proof, no. That’s what preventive maintenance is for.

I disagree. Yes UMW is shortchanging toyota fans here big time in terms of safety spec and other accessories. But they don’t have a say in ancient 4 speeders and dated vvti engines. Toyota is still to blame.

Typical PT readers, it’s these people that are murdering car reliabilites.
If car manufacturers were to listen to stupid people like these, very soon we can say goodbye to reliable cars and spare parts

Trucks of these genres are typically used as tools and often in most remote areas you can think off; even as far as war zones.

Reason being is that they are low tech enough to be reliably serviced and maintained by low tech mechanics and common enough for chop shops to keep parts as they won’t go obsolete in 3 years.

The high tech cars of today needed a technician who is computer savy to reset ecu even in simple battery change excercise.
High tech complex 6 speed auto boxes that needs TCU reprogrammed every few sevice intervals.
Now out in places where these vehicles are being typically deployed it’s just impossible for such exercise to be carried out and renders vehicles like these useless.

Moreover vehicles like these rarely gets maintained as scheduled.
It’s due to such requirements that manufacturers designed them to be low tech and to continue working without being serviced much that has led to legendary work horses like pajeros, land cruisers, hilux/surf, and land rovers defenders.

However thanks to typical people like these who wants new engines new gear boxes new electronics every 3 years that has led to the demise of reliable cars and spare parts availability.
No spare parts shop will dare to stock parts if every 3 years parts get changed those who do will charge a premium for stocking them.
Even those chop shops won’t dare to stock old recon parts as they get obsolete in 3 years.
Services won’t be cheap either, every 3 years you need to send your technician for retraining and mind you must be a tech graduated with a degree in automobile. No more cheap bawah pokok mechanic to change your battery for free if you buy a new battery from them.

So thanks to consumers like we have now a days for expensive cars, expensive spare parts, expensive services and low resale values.
Yes resale value is determined by the car’s usability after 3-5 years.
Nobody would want a car that is obsolete, expensive to maintain and not much technician who knows how to service it.
So you buy a car for 100k, use it 3 – 5 years and throw it away, spend another 100k for a new one.

Tow car company also happy, break down and your car needs to be towed to the nearest dealer.

So don’t blame everything also naik on government, consumers plays a role too.

can’t agree more with you… ppl tend to see hilux like it is a GTR or any luxury MPVs… and sad truth is that there are really such stupid ppl treat it that way… end up causing unnecessary deaths and injuries…

I hope before u guys buy a car, please do more research. Hilux or any other pickups are not for race or cornering fast fast la…

these type of vehicles is dangerous on the public road especially pickup trucks with rear end bumper too high!
any cars crashed into its back side sure slide underneath them!
doubt any 5 stars euro ncap passenger cars can survived such crash into it!

manufacturers must redesigns these pickups either lowering its bumper to level with passenger car bumper or fixed a sturdy crash bar underneath its bumper!

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